Two contested wills of Kenyan business tycoon Gerishon Kirima
have recently been deemed invalid. The
disputed wills have caused family strife between Kirima’s third wife and her
stepchildren. One will drafted in
Nairobi favored his third wife, but was found to be executed under undue
influence and lacking the requirements of attestation. The other will drafted in London favored his
children, but Kirima was found to lack mental capacity.

Because Kirima has no valid will, the Sh700 million estate will
be distributed under intestacy laws.
However, the judge “found that the Kirima Trust, which controls the
majority of his vast estate, was a genuine document, and urged the family to
use it to secure the estate.”